Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Artist Watercolors

Schmincke has been developing and manufacturing its Horadam line of watercolors since 1881, and the company is now owned by the fourth generation of the original family. Today the Horadam line includes 110 colors, 70 of them formulated with a single pigment. Each color has its own individually optimized formula.

Schmincke has a reputation for using only the highest-quality natural gums, water-soluble resins, and pigments. For example, the company uses only Kordofan Gum Arabic from the southern Sahara region, and distinguishes between good and bad harvests or "vintages" of this natural resin as it selects its raw materials.

Horadam Watercolors are available in 15 ml (.51 oz) tubes. Made in Germany.

Color Chart note — Use this color chart as an approximation of the real color. If exact color matching is necessary, use actual samples of the materials.

Very good transparency. These colors rewet without losing intensity, dry quickly, and have very good chromatic qualities.They are revolutionizing my watercolor take-along bag. I can use the same paints in and out of my studio, I just fill empty pans with tube colors. Unlike the tube colors I have used before in my travel palette, they dry quickly and rewet instantly, with no loss of brilliancy.

Love the paints. Palette box is very good. Given a choice, I would have substituted a couple of colors. Too bad Blick doesn't carry Schmincke pans and half pans individually. Obviously empty pans can be filled or refilled from tubes, but it's really not the same. Also tube colors don't keep in pans the same as the pan colors do. Mostly this kit is for field work, and it has a great range of colors in a reasonably compact kit.

This is the most wonderful orange on the market, as it is transparent and vibrant. I can layer it over any other color (or colors!) and the beauty of all the colors glows through the transparent orange.

I LOVE this product, and use it in nearly every one of my paintings. The orange also works over gouache, adding a beautiful stained glass effect. Thank you for the opportunity to sing the praises of this product!!! :)

I am a serious watercolor hobbyist which means that I have something called a job which seriously detracts from my painting time. I have been using W&N tube colors which are great but because I go for days, sometimes weeks, between painting sessions my palette tends to dry rock hard so I have decided to give pans a try. The schmincke full pans have been working out great for me because they wet very easily and don't dry hard. With very little effort I can load a brush with pigment. The colors are strong and flow well in wet-in-wet washes. I am impressed with the tin as well. It makes quite a good palette for the small paintings I do. Since the Schmincke tube paints are exactly the same formulation as the pans I should be able to re-fill my pans from tubes. I haven't tried yet but if re-filling from tubes works out it will be another plus for these paints. I have produced several nice paintings and so far I have not encountered any negative characteristics. Only suggestion would be to offer these pan sets with user-selectable colors. I'm sure other customers would appreciate this option as well.

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